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Young Physicians: Premium Technology
Residents, fellows, and ophthalmologists within 5 years of
practice
were 17% of the overall respondents to the
2014 ASCRS Clinical Survey. This group showed a strong
desire to have greater education with advanced cataract
and refractive technologies.
In addition to low toric and presbyopia-correction
IOL implantation, a significant percentage of young
ophthalmologists stated they had inadequate
experience with these technologies during residency.
Almost 2/3 of all young ophthalmologist ASCRS members
had no formal refractive curriculum training in residency.
Similar to advanced-technology IOL experience, 68.8%
of young ophthalmologist respondents believed they had
inadequate exposure to laser vision correction technology
in residency.
